Biopsy needle liver percutaneous at Newark Beth Israel Medical Center

201 Lyons Ave, Newark, NJ · RWJBarnabas Health · · NPI 1215027966

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 4, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

$4,881.00

Cash price

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Discounted cash price

What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

Example: A CT scan has a $3,200 gross charge but an $850 discounted cash price. Ask for it by name when scheduling — hospitals don't always advertise it up front.

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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$3,041.00

Gross charge

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Gross charge (chargemaster price)

The hospital's full, undiscounted list price — pulled from its internal "chargemaster" price list. Almost no one actually pays this.

Example: A chest X-ray has a gross charge of $1,450. The same hospital's discounted cash price for the same X-ray is $180 — the gross charge mostly anchors negotiations, not what patients pay.

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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$31.90 with United Healthcare vs $4,584.00 with United Healthcare — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
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Negotiated rate

The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.

Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.

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Payer
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Payer

The insurance company footing the bill — Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and so on.

Example: "Blue Cross Blue Shield" is the payer. Its negotiated rate for an MRI might be $904, while a different payer's negotiated rate for the same scan is $1,509.

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Plan
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Plan

The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates.

Example: Two people both insured by Aetna can owe very different amounts for the same MRI: $50 with an HMO plan's flat copay, or the full $1,200 toward a high-deductible PPO plan's unmet deductible.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
United Healthcare Community Plan $31.90 ↓ -99%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey NJ Health $80.36 ↓ -98%
Aetna Better Health $756.60 ↓ -84%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $789.44 ↓ -84%
Amerihealth Local Value $1,126.08 ↓ -77%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $1,426.53 ↓ -71%
Cigna Local Plus $1,519.00 ↓ -69%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $1,584.96 ↓ -68%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $1,817.78 ↓ -63%
Humana Medicare $1,817.78 ↓ -63%
Aetna Medicare $1,817.78 ↓ -63%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $1,817.78 ↓ -63%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $1,817.78 ↓ -63%
Clover Health Medicare Advantage $1,817.78 ↓ -63%
First Health Commercial $1,824.60 ↓ -63%
United Healthcare Medicare $1,854.14 ↓ -62%
Cigna HMO $1,930.00 ↓ -60%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $1,973.91 ↓ -60%
Cigna PPO $2,033.00 ↓ -58%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $2,101.93 ↓ -57%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $2,121.70 ↓ -57%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $2,584.85 ↓ -47%
Qualcare Inc PPO/WC $2,645.67 ↓ -46%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS $2,699.00 ↓ -45%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $2,838.16 ↓ -42%
Wellpoint NJ Family Care $3,266.00 ↓ -33%
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $3,617.38 ↓ -26%
Emblem Health Commercial $3,635.56 ↓ -26%
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $3,670.00 ↓ -25%
United Healthcare Nexus $3,896.00 ↓ -20%
Aetna PPO $4,049.00 ↓ -17%
Aetna HMO $4,049.00 ↓ -17%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $4,318.00 ↓ -12%
United Healthcare Commercial $4,584.00 ↓ -6%

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Biopsy needle liver percutaneous at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $5,855.00 $30.99 – $3,541.46
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $6,839.00 $80.36 – $3,635.56
Community Medical Center Toms River $3,786.00 $80.36 – $3,523.75
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $3,986.00 $80.36 – $3,617.38
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $5,339.00 $40.10 – $3,797.10
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $5,419.00 $80.36 – $3,568.83
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $1,793.38 $1,793.38 – $2,152.05
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $1,908.09 $72.85 – $2,003.50

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